Journalism Excellence Awards 2023

The AAJA Journalism Excellence Awards recognize achievement in all forms of journalism: written reporting, radio/audio storytelling, video storytelling, online/multimedia journalism, photojournalism and student works. The awards honor outstanding work covering reporting by medium and by subject.

Thank You

A special thank you to all of our judges for these awards. We are thankful for their efforts and their eyes for recognizing exemplary reporting: Aditi Sangal, Aimee Cho, Alex Wong, Allison Cho, Amanda Chan, Andri Tambunan, Angus Liu, Ankita Mukhopadhyay, Anne Lagamayo, Annie Yu, Bo Hee KIm, Carren Jao, Daniel Wolfe, Elly Yu, Esther Gim, Huo Jingnan, Josh du Lac, Julia M. Chan, Karishma Vanjani, Kim Bui, Lauren Young, Linly Lin, Lisa Lee Herrick, Matthew Lee, Meiying Wu, Nataly Pak, Nirvi Shah, Parker Yamasaki, Pu Ying Huang, Rachel Ramirez, Ringo Chiu, Robin Chan, Roger Cheng, Ron Nurwisah, Rosalie Chan, Sam Ro, Sarah Belle Lin, Seung Min Kim, Shanelle Kaul, Shen Lu, Shirley Qiu, Shreen Khan, Sirui Hua, Tony Dreibus, Van Tieu, Vivian S. Toy, Yutao Chen, Zeyi Yang and Zhaoyin Feng. 

We’d also like to acknowledge our awards committee members who have worked tirelessly to bring these awards to reality. These members include Julia M. Chan, who led the revamping of the awards over the past two years with Benjamin Pu, Jessica Xiao, Sinduja Rangarajan, Nirvi Shah, Jin Ding, Nicole Dungca, Alex Wong, Shirley Qiu, Vivian Toy, Naomi Tacuyan Underwood, Sofia Koyama, Esther Gim and Parul Hinzen, Angela Tang, Daniella Ignacio, Shirley Qiu and Frank Bi. Thanks also to AAJA-HQ staff April Siruno, Yi-Shen Loo, Ai Uchida and Andrew Sherry, who have implemented the final stages of this year’s awards. 

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